Security readout for executives and security teams
This is an old denial-of-service flaw in MailEnable Professional Edition's IMAP service. A remote attacker could crash the service using unspecified behavior involving the IMAP EXAMINE command. The main business impact is email access disruption, not data theft or system takeover based on the provided sources. Exposure is likely limited to organizations still running MailEnable Professional Edition before 1.72 with the IMAP service reachable by untrusted users or the internet. Treat this as a moderate legacy-service availability risk. Prioritize remediation if MailEnable IMAP is internet-facing, business-critical, or running unsupported versions. It is not evidenced as actively exploited in the provided sources. Mitigation focus: Upgrade MailEnable Professional Edition to version 1.72 or later if still running an older release.; Check MailEnable vendor history and advisories for the exact fixed version and any operational notes.; Restrict IMAP access to trusted networks where business requirements allow..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- mailenable-imap-examine-dos(24424)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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